- Recon Number 54
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.
Posted by: spartain ken 15
Posted by: Recon Number 54
For the ninja, we have tried leveraging various external messaging clients over the years and to date, none have worked out well.
I could see a the following idea being "helpful" for allowing and encouraging members to "connect", but I don't know how likely a feature it would be.
Imagine asection on the profile page that the member has included their various 3rd party communication/network/messaging information. A link to FB, G+, Twitter, Foursquare, Skype, AIM, WLM, Yahoo, etc..
The member could then link what accounts they wanted to share with others on this site.
Actually, that could probably be done now with the signature and a URL shortener or in the homepage section of the profile. Probably why it won't become a feature since no one uses those sections of the profile.
Or, we could just put a light next to someones name on their Bungie.net account that glows green if they are signed in and red if they are offline.
How do you determine "online"?
A page loaded? A page loaded in the past X minutes? Last post? Mouse movement? Keystrokes?
You know when you are "online" (and it seems a simple matter to know your status, at least from the member's perspective), but a website either has to make an educated guess based on unreliable/inconsistent information, or use some sort of bidirectional "heartbeat" check.